The most hilarious part of the story about the ACORN gotcha pimp & his cronies getting arrested for "entering federal property under false pretenses with the intent of committing a felony" is this bit from one of the little shits' lawyers:
Robert Flanagan's attorney, J. Garrison Jordan, said he believes his client works for the Pelican Institute. Asked the motivation for the alleged wiretap plot, he said: "I think it was poor judgment. I don't think there was any intent or motive to commit a crime."
They dressed up like phone company employees and tried to gain access to phone equipment in a US Senator's office. Why they would be doing this without intending to actually do anything to said equipment is rather a mystery.
If you're wondering also how this is could possibly be twisted into a Wingnut Win, please to enjoy the Jawa Report's take:
Possible silver lining - As mentioned via some Twitter between myself, CollegePolitico and SluBlog, if the media had actually, you know, paid attention to who this guy was when he was demolishing ACORN, it may have been easier for them to report on him now. Since they didn't (they actively ignored it to a large extent), they have to explain that this was the guy who destroyed ACORN and bring that whole can of worms up again. Which doesn't minimize what's apparently happened here, but it's still slightly ironic and snort-worthy.
"Snort" being the correct verb here.